Hey Volvo 240 owners/fans. The IPD strut tower reinforcement plates have caused confusion about where exactly they are supposed to go. You put them on top of the strut mount(which goes above the strut and spring) and that goes up under the strut tower with all of that. Since the forces of the strut (and especially the stiffer Bilsteins) are pushing upwards against the sheet metal of the strut tower. This brace helps to reinforce the tower by adding some more metal to resist the upward forces coming from the front struts. Shout out to @volvo240life and hope this helps to answer this question! Update a few alignments and over a year out I have noticed the camber seems to be locked in place since I installed the reinforcement plates. This is a good thing, because adjusting the camber on these cars is a major pain in the tukas. Requiring lifting the front end off of the alignment rack and then knocking the tops of the struts with a 2x4. Then lowering and checking and then repeating the above until it’s in spec and most alignment techs refuse to do it.
Hey Volvo 240 owners/fans. The IPD strut tower reinforcement plates have caused confusion about where exactly they are supposed to go. You put them on top of the strut mount(which goes above the strut and spring) and that goes up under the strut tower with all of that. Since the forces of the strut (and especially the stiffer Bilsteins) are pushing upwards against the sheet metal of the strut tower. This brace helps to reinforce the tower by adding some more metal to resist the upward forces coming from the front struts. Shout out to @volvo240life and hope this helps to answer this question!
Update a few alignments and over a year out I have noticed the camber seems to be locked in place since I installed the reinforcement plates. This is a good thing, because adjusting the camber on these cars is a major pain in the tukas. Requiring lifting the front end off of the alignment rack and then knocking the tops of the struts with a 2x4. Then lowering and checking and then repeating the above until it’s in spec and most alignment techs refuse to do it.